tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995284.post117450591789973905..comments2023-10-25T12:49:50.074+01:00Comments on The Old Socialist Unity Blog - we have moved: Peace vigils in SwindonANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901425044840795347noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995284.post-1174605993385375112007-03-23T00:26:00.000+00:002007-03-23T00:26:00.000+00:00Alas, Michael Ancram didn't turn up. Nor did he se...Alas, Michael Ancram didn't turn up. Nor did he send any apologies for his absence. <BR/><BR/>Galloway wasn't there either; although, despite a rumour he was in Sheffield, this was apparently because of a slipped disk. <BR/><BR/>All things considered, I thought it was a fairly interesting experience; I was particularly pleased to see two LibDems speaking from the platform. Dennis Kucinich was also worth listening to - at least for the sheer entertainment value. ("We are all truly one, we must be champions for peace." Repeat this in various forms for a few minutes, with plenty of gesticulation and you have his speech.)<BR/><BR/>That said, I was talking to someone afterwards who had been very frustrated that it wasn't really a 'debate', nor were there many 'people' from the floor participating. <BR/><BR/>I thought it was a particular shame that a Libyan guy (an asylum seeker?) from the floor wasn't called to speak. In response he grabbed the mic. and expressed his outrage that the suffering of the Lybian people was being ignored and stated that he would never get involved in politics in Britain again. Whoops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com